Ruta Graveolens (Rutaceae)
Rue is a plant that has a deep and ancient relationship with humans. It was cultivated by the Greeks and Persians and used both as a medicinal and culinary plant. Though the plant is intensely bitter, and has a weirdly perfumey taste, it is not poisonous. Though care should be taken because it has been used as an emmenagogue and the leaves have been known to cause photodermatitis. The plant is quite pretty and perfectly hardy in zone 4. With its finely lobed and fluted, blue green leaves that hold up all season, it makes a nice contrast to other plants, and deserves more attention as an ornamental plant. It is placed in the rutaceae family, from which the name comes, the same family as citrus.
Rue is a plant that has a deep and ancient relationship with humans. It was cultivated by the Greeks and Persians and used both as a medicinal and culinary plant. Though the plant is intensely bitter, and has a weirdly perfumey taste, it is not poisonous. Though care should be taken because it has been used as an emmenagogue and the leaves have been known to cause photodermatitis. The plant is quite pretty and perfectly hardy in zone 4. With its finely lobed and fluted, blue green leaves that hold up all season, it makes a nice contrast to other plants, and deserves more attention as an ornamental plant. It is placed in the rutaceae family, from which the name comes, the same family as citrus.
Rue is a plant that has a deep and ancient relationship with humans. It was cultivated by the Greeks and Persians and used both as a medicinal and culinary plant. Though the plant is intensely bitter, and has a weirdly perfumey taste, it is not poisonous. Though care should be taken because it has been used as an emmenagogue and the leaves have been known to cause photodermatitis. The plant is quite pretty and perfectly hardy in zone 4. With its finely lobed and fluted, blue green leaves that hold up all season, it makes a nice contrast to other plants, and deserves more attention as an ornamental plant. It is placed in the rutaceae family, from which the name comes, the same family as citrus.